Tui Parakeet (Brotogeris sanctithomae) Information

Tui Parakeet

The Tui Parakeet (Brotogeris sanctithomae) is a species of bird in the Psittacidae family, the true parrots. It is found in the Amazon Basin of Brazil, and Amazonian Peru and Bolivia; also a minor range into eastern Ecuador, and the river border of far south-eastern Colombia.

Tui Parakeet

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Tui Parakeet

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It is restricted to várzea and other wooded habitats near water. It is rare or entirely absent away from large rivers.

Tucumán Amazon (Amazona tucumana) Information

Tucumán Amazon

The Tucumán Amazon (Amazona tucumana) is a medium-sized species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is mainly green and has red at the front of its head above its pale beak. It is found in woodland (especially with Alnus acuminata or Podocarpus parlatorei) in the Yungas of Argentina and Bolivia. It is threatened by habitat loss and capture for the parrot trade.

Tucumán Amazon

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Thick-billed Parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) Information

Thick-billed Parrot

The Thick-billed Parrot, Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha is an endangered, medium-sized, up to 38 cm long, bright green parrot with a large black bill and a red forecrown, shoulder and thighs. It is found in Mexico, and its former range extended marginally into the United States.

Thick-billed Parrot

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Thick-billed Parrot

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Description

The Thick-billed Parrot is a medium-sized, up to 38 cm (15 in) long, bright green parrot with a large black bill and a red forecrown, shoulder and thighs. Adult eyes are amber, while juveniles have brown eyes. The rest of the bird is bright green. Thick-billed Parrots show red shoulders and leading edge on the underwing, followed by a blackish green stripe, then a yellow stripe, followed by the remaining underwing showing dark green. It appears to show a blackish tail.

Tepui Parrotlet (Nannopsittaca panychlora) Information

Tepui Parrotlet

The Tepui Parrotlet (Nannopsittaca panychlora) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) Information

Swift Parrot

Superb Parrot (The Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) breeds in Tasmania and migrates north to south eastern Australia from Griffith-Warialda in New South Wales and west to Adelaide in the winter. It is related to the rosellas, with the feeding habits of a lorikeet. It is the only member in the genus Lathamus.

Swift Parrot

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Swift Parrot

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The Swift Parrot is endangered with only about 1000 pairs remaining in the wild, and its population is declining.

Description

The Swift Parrot is about 25 cm (10 in) long and has long pointed wings and long tapering tail feathers. It is mainly green with bluish crown and red on the face above and below the beak. The adult female is slightly duller, and the juvenile has a dark brown iris and a pale orange bill.

Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii) Information

Superb Parrot

Superb Parrot

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The Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii), also known as Barraband's Parrot, Barraband's Parakeet, or Green Leek Parrot, is a parrot native to south-eastern Australia. It is a monomorphic species and one of three species in the genus Polytelis.

The Superb Parrot is mostly bright green with darker flight feathers and is about 40 cm (16 in) long with a long pointed tail. Adult males have continuous yellow foreheads and throats, with a red horizontal band across the border of the throat.

Sulphur-winged Parakeet (Pyrrhura hoffmanni) Information

Sulphur-winged Parakeet

The Sulphur-winged Parakeet (Pyrrhura hoffmanni), also known as the Hoffmann's Conure in aviculture, is a medium-small parrot endemic to humid highland forests and woodlands in Costa Rica and western Panama. It occurs up to 3000 m asl, and locally down to 1300 m in the wet season. It is named for the German naturalist Karl Hoffmann.

Sulphur-winged Parakeet

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Description

The Sulphur-winged Parakeet is 23 cm long and weighs 75 g. The adult is mainly green. Scaled with orange-yellow on the head and chest. There is a red spot on the auriculars and the tail is broadly tipped dull red (entirely dull red from below). The outer primaries are blue, but the most obvious feature in flight is the extensive yellow on the inner wing. Young birds are similar to the adults, but duller and with much less yellow in the wing.

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

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The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia and New Guinea. They can be locally very numerous, leading to them sometimes being considered pests. They are well known in aviculture, although they can be demanding pets.

Distribution

In Australia, Sulphur-crested Cockatoos can be found widely in the north and east, ranging as far south as Tasmania, but avoiding arid inland areas with few trees. They are numerous in suburban habitats in cities such as Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane. Except for highland areas, they occur throughout most of New Guinea and on nearby smaller islands such as Waigeo, Misool and Aru, and various islands in the Cenderawasih Bay and Milne Bay.

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

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Great Hanging Parrot (Loriculus stigmatus)

Great Hanging Parrot

The Great Hanging Parrot (Loriculus stigmatus), also called Celebes Hanging Parrot, Sulawesi Hanging Parrot and Maroon-rumped Hanging Parrot, is a species of parrot in the Psittaculidae family. It is endemic to Sulawesi and nearby smaller islands in Indonesia, where it occurs in forest, secondary growth and tall mangrove.

Loriculus stigmatus

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Loriculus stigmatus

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